The Truth Fairy [INT: A child, is asleep in her bed by the window. The stage lights are down, and his bed is lit up by a spotlight. A fairy enters from off-stage and is just barely visible at the edge of the spotlight.] [Fairy leans in and whispers in child's ear] Fairy: Puppies are killed every day for no reason. [Child stirs and wakes up] Child: Wha- Fairy: There is no cure for cancer. Child: Who are you?
Fairy: I'm the truth fairy! Child: The what? Fairy: Your grandma isn't in heaven. No one is. Child: That's not what I - Fairy: I’m the truth fairy. I sneak into your room, tell you horrible truths about the world, and leave you money. Child: But how did you - Fairy: Love is a lie. Child: But Mummy loves me...
Fairy: Oh dear...no...(pats child on head - discoveres wet bed)
Fairy: Most children your age have stopped wetting the bed by now.
Child: I didn't wet the -
Fairy: I can smell it.
Child: [crying] Why did you come here? Fairy: To tell the truth. Oh, and give you money. Child: Where's the money? Fairy: In the huge third-world factories where children work all day long to make your toys. Child: Is that how everything gets made?
Fairy: No, your favourite jacket was made by slaughtering cows. Child: But I love cows. Fairy: You ate one for dinner. Child: I’ll never eat again. Fairy: That's good, because you could lose a little weight. [Child bursts into tears again. The truth fairy leans in closely and whispers in his/her ear:] Fairy: Nobody's doing anything about global warming, oil supplies will run out within the century, tomorrow you will lose your favourite crayons, your parents have sex. Child: Aaaaah! |
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